Hey, I don't want to paint you badly. Let's take stock.
1. The mages are all but out of mana. Maye they could have been more conserving, but then again, most of our fights have been hard enough as is; we might be dead if not for their casting.
2. We've been repeatedly smacked down by the lackey villains. No reason to think that will stop now.
3. Arien is going mano y mano with a boss, and is getting it handed to him. Clearly outclassed and on the losing end, he has to hope for divine/DM intervention or a die rolling hot streak of legendary proportions. And the dice are ice cold of late.
I'm hoping the dragon from the silver screen moment is a positive thing, but something in me screams something about a frying pan and a fire.
So sure, I could see how the empirical evidence above is leading to you being misunderstood, Al.
